Two men were killed and another was injured in a shooting in the central Israeli town of Tira earlier this morning, when unknown assailants opened fire on their vehicle, police and medics say, in what appears to be the latest incident in a wave of violent crime in Arab society.
Paramedics from the Magen David Adom emergency service were called to the scene of a violent altercation shortly after 5 a.m., where they discovered the three men inside the vehicle, two of whom were unresponsive and were pronounced dead at the scene.
The third man, suffering from serious injuries, was transferred to Meir Medical Center for treatment, Ynet reports.
Police have opened an investigation into the incident, which they suspect was part of a criminal dispute, and are on site collecting evidence, but have yet to detain any suspects.
The incident comes just days after 24-year-old Sabri Mazen Mardi was shot and killed in Tira.
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